Friday's letters: School funding

Published: Friday, June 7, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.

Last Modified: Monday, June 10, 2013 at 9:21 a.m.

To the editor: I am so upset about what is happening to North Carolina’s education system — how Gov. Pat McCrory’s proposed $20.6 billion budget is ruining the chances for our children to get the education they deserve.

Forty-five hundred teacher assistant positions are being eliminated. Children will lose pre-K education. Rodney Ellis, president of the N.C. Association of Educators, said: “We’re going to eliminate one of the best resources available to us. That’s a major concern!” Some will be sent to underfunded schools due to a voucher program, expanded charter schools and budget cuts.

And $135 million will be cut from the UNC system.

Besides being one of the nation’s most underfunded systems, North Carolina’s school funding formula is one of the most complex and least effective at aiding needy students, says a study from the N.C. Justice Center’s Education and Law Project.

Gov. McCrory, who has professed support for education, has offered a budget that would seriously defund and dismantle public education. Parents must contact their state representatives and voice their objections to these terrible planned cuts.

Isabel Cutler

Hendersonville

Too hot for pets

To the editor: Please, people, the hot days are here. Do not leave your children or helpless pets in locked cars while you shop in air-conditioned stores!

I just came home from a store in Etowah where a small dog was in a hot, locked car with closed windows — barking and screaming.

I went in the store and found the women in time. The manager was of no help.

What if next time it’s a child?

Bernadine Hebel

Etowah

Troop research

To the editor: My name is Griffin Boeke, and I am the historian for Boy Scout Troop 601. I am looking for information on the troop’s history.

We know the troop was changed from Troop 1 to Troop 601 in 1938. If anybody has family members or knows anything about the history of Troop 601, we would like to get that information. If you could give us your name and address/phone number, we would like to contact you to get a record of this.

If anybody has any information, please mail it to Walter Carpenter, 132 S. Main St., Hendersonville, N.C., 28792

<p>To the editor: I am so upset about what is happening to North Carolina’s education system  how Gov. Pat McCrory’s proposed $20.6 billion budget is ruining the chances for our children to get the education they deserve.</p><p>Forty-five hundred teacher assistant positions are being eliminated. Children will lose pre-K education. Rodney Ellis, president of the N.C. Association of Educators, said: We’re going to eliminate one of the best resources available to us. That’s a major concern! Some will be sent to underfunded schools due to a voucher program, expanded charter schools and budget cuts.</p><p>And $135 million will be cut from the UNC system.</p><p>Besides being one of the nation’s most underfunded systems, North Carolina’s school funding formula is one of the most complex and least effective at aiding needy students, says a study from the N.C. Justice Center’s Education and Law Project.</p><p>Gov. McCrory, who has professed support for education, has offered a budget that would seriously defund and dismantle public education. Parents must contact their state representatives and voice their objections to these terrible planned cuts.</p><p><em>Isabel Cutler</em></p><p><em>Hendersonville</em></p><h3>Too hot for pets</h3>
<p>To the editor: Please, people, the hot days are here. Do not leave your children or helpless pets in locked cars while you shop in air-conditioned stores!</p><p>I just came home from a store in Etowah where a small dog was in a hot, locked car with closed windows  barking and screaming.</p><p>I went in the store and found the women in time. The manager was of no help.</p><p>What if next time it’s a child?</p><p><em>Bernadine Hebel</em></p><p><em>Etowah</em></p><h3>Troop research</h3>
<p>To the editor: My name is Griffin Boeke, and I am the historian for Boy Scout Troop 601. I am looking for information on the troop’s history.</p><p>We know the troop was changed from Troop 1 to Troop 601 in 1938. If anybody has family members or knows anything about the history of Troop 601, we would like to get that information. If you could give us your name and address/phone number, we would like to contact you to get a record of this.</p><p>If anybody has any information, please mail it to Walter Carpenter, 132 S. Main St., Hendersonville, N.C., 28792</p><p><em>Griffin Boeke</em></p><p><em>Hendersonville</em></p>